List of supernova remnants

This is a list of observed supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Milky Way, as well as galaxies nearby enough to resolve individual nebulae, such as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds and the Andromeda Galaxy.

Supernova remnants typically only survive for a few tens of thousands of years, making all known SNRs fairly young compared to many other astronomical objects.

Image	Name	Right ascension	Declination	First visible from Earth	Peak magnitude	Distance (ly)	Type	Remnant
	Sh2-264 or Lambda Orionis Ring	05^h 37^m	+09° 30′	~1 million years ago	?	1,100	?	?
	Sagittarius A East	17^h 45^m 41^s	−29° 00′ 48″	100,000−35,000 years ago	?	26,000	tidal disruption	?
	Simeis 147 or Spaghetti Nebula	05^h 39^m	+27° 50′	~40,000 years ago	6.5	3,000	?	neutron star PSR J0538+2817
	IC 443 also known as jellyfish nebulae	06^h 18^m 02.7^s	+22° 39′ 36″	~30,000 years ago	?	3,000	II	neutron star CXOU J061705.3+222127
	SNR G132.6+01.5	02^h 17^m 40^s	+62° 45′ 00″	33,000-27,000 years ago	?	7,200	?	?
	W50 or Manatee Nebula	19^h 12^m 20^s	+04° 55′ 00″	~20,000 years ago	?	18,000	?	black hole/neutron star SS 433
	W44	18^h 56^m 10.65^s	+01° 13′ 21.3″	20,000-16,000 years ago	?	10,400	?	neutron star PSR B1853+01
	Vela SNR	08^h 34^m	−45° 50′	10,300−9,000 BCE	12	815±98	II	neutron star Vela Pulsar
	CTB 1 or Abell 85	23^h 59^m 13^s	+62° 26′ 12″	9,000-5,500 BCE	?	10,100	?	neutron star PSR J0002+6216
	Kesteven 79	18^h 52^m 29^s	+00° 38′ 42″	8600–7000 BCE	?	23,000	?	neutron star PSR J1852+0040
	Cygnus Loop, including Veil Nebula	20^h 51^m	+30° 40′	6,000−3,000 BCE	7	1,470	?	possible neutron star 2XMM J204920.2+290106
	3C 58	02^h 05^m 37.0^s	+64° 49′ 42″	~4,000 BCE (1181 AD?)	?	8,000	?	neutron star 3C 58
	LMC N49	05^h 26^m 00.4^s	−66° 05′ 02″	~3,000 BCE	?	160,000	?	neutron star PSR B0525-66
	G299.2-2.9^[1]	12^h 15^m 13^s	−65° 30′ 00″	~2,500 BCE	?	16,000	Ias	none
	Puppis A	08^h 24^m 07^s	−42° 59′ 50″	~1,700 BCE	?	7,000	?	neutron star RX J0822−4300
	G332.4+00.1	16^h 15^m 20^s	−50° 42′ 00″	~1,000 BCE	?	16,800	?	neutron star PSR J1614-5048
	G54.1+0.3^[2]	19^h 30^m 30^s	+18° 52′ 14″	~900 BCE	?	22,000	?	neutron star PSR J1930+1852
	G292.0+01.8	11^h 24^m 59^s	−59° 19′ 10″	~800-400 BCE	?	17,600	?	neutron star PSR J1124-5916
	Kesteven 75	18^h 46^m 25.5^s	−02° 59′ 14″	1st millennium BCE	?	18,900	?	neutron star PSR J1846-0258
	G306.3-0.9^[3]	13^h 21^m 50.9^s	−63° 33′ 50″	~400 BCE	?	26,000	Ia	none
	RCW 103	16^h 17^m 33^s	−51° 02′ 00″	1st century	?	10,000	II	neutron star 1E 161348-5055
	SN 185	14^h 43^m 00^s	−62° 30′ 00″	December 7, 185	?	8,200	Ia	none
	CTB 37B (possibly SN 393)	17^h 13^m 43.0^s	−38° 10′ 12″	~500 CE (April 393?)	?	43,000	?	neutron star CXOU J171405.7-381031
	E0102	01^h 04^m 01^s	−72° 01′ 52″	1st millennium	?	190,000	?	neutron star
	SNR 0540-69.3	05^h 40^m 10.8^s	−69° 19′ 54.2″	350-1250 CE	?	160,000	?	neutron star PSR J0540−6919
	W49B	19^h 11^m 09^s	+09° 06′ 24″	About 1000 CE	?	26,000	Ib or Ic	unidentified black hole
	SN 1006	15^h 02^m 22.1^s	−42° 05′ 49″	May 1, 1006	−7.5	7,200	Ia^[4]	none
	G350.1-0.3	17^h 21^m 06^s	−37° 26′ 50″	1000-1100	?	15,000	?	neutron star XMMU J172054.5-372652
	SN 1054 or M1 or Crab Nebula	05^h 34^m 31.94^s	+22° 00′ 52.2″	July 4, 1054	−6	6,300	II	neutron star Crab Pulsar
	RX J0852.0-4622 or Vela Junior	08^h 52^m 00^s	−46° 20′ 00″	September 13, 1271^[5]	?	700	?	neutron star CXOU J085201.4–461753
	SGR 1806-20	18^h 08^m 39.32^s	−20° 24′ 40.1″	1050-1650	?	42,000	?	neutron star SGR 1806-20
	SN 1572 or Tycho's Nova	00^h 25^m 21.5^s	+64° 08′ 27″	November 11, 1572	−4	7,500	Ia^[4]	none
	SN 1604 or Kepler's Nova	17^h 30^m 35.98^s	−21° 28′ 56.2″	October 8, 1604	−2.5	20,000	Ia	none
	Cassiopeia A	23^h 23^m 24^s	+58° 48′ 54″	circa 1667	6	10,000	IIb^[6]	neutron star CXOU J232327.8+584842
	SN 1885A or S Andromedae	00^h 42^m 43.12^s	+41° 16′ 03.2″	August 20, 1885	6	2,500,000	I pec	none
	G1.9+0.3	17^h 48^m 46.1^s	−27° 09′ 50.9″	circa 1898	?	25,000	Ia	none
	SN 1987A	05^h 35^m 28.02^s	−69° 16′ 11.1″	February 24, 1987	3	168,000	II-P	neutron star

See also

• List of supernovae
• Supernova
• Lists of astronomical objects

References

1. Chandra X-Ray Observatory (2015-02-12). "G299.2-2.9: Exploded Star Blooms Like a Cosmic Flower". Retrieved 2015-10-15.
2. J. Rho et al. (2017), "A Dust Twin of Cas A: Cool Dust and 21-micron Silicate Dust Feature in the Supernova Remnant G54.1+0.3", MNRAS doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1713
3. Francis, Reddy. "NASA's Swift, Chandra Explore a Youthful 'Star Wreck'". NASA. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
4. Schaefer, B. E. (2004). Höflich, Peter; Kumar, Pawan; Wheeler, J. Craig (eds.). Cosmic explosions in three dimensions : asymmetries in supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. p. 383. ISBN 0-521-84286-7.. Supernovae types discussed in contributed article "Types for the galactic supernovae" by B.E. Schaefer, pp. 81–84.
5. "Polynesian origins of the Maori in New Zealand and the supernova RX J0852.0-4622". February 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
6. Krause, O.; Birkmann, S.; Usuda, T.; Hattori, T.; Goto, M.; Rieke, G.; Misselt, K. (2008). "The Cassiopeia A supernova was of type IIb". Science. 320 (5880): 1195–1197. arXiv:0805.4557. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1195K. doi:10.1126/science.1155788. PMID 18511684. S2CID 40884513.

External links

• List of all known (extra)galactic supernova remnants at The Open Supernova Catalog.
• Chandra Galactic SNR gallery
• SNRcat, the online high-energy catalogue of supernova remnants